# Plans on Neo900 which won't happen without your help

> _It's way beyond the "we need help" state._  
_It's in the "do it yourself or nothing gets done" state since start of year already._  
_(Joerg-Neo900)_


### WE NEED MORE PEOPLE
### ANY PEOPLE
### WITHOUT YOU NEO900 WILL DIE
### DUMP YOR SHYNESS AND "I CAN'T DO IT" AND GO OVER HERE

# Intro

The previous model of developing Neo-900 wasn't up to a task so let's take a deep breath and think _together_ what to do next.

This is the page for community-based planning and stuff.

Feel free to join the discussion. Proposals to move a discussion to a more appealing platform are ok. Any proposals are ok. Nothing is set in stone anymore.

# CONTACT

* Site is www.neo900.org
* List with contacts is http://neo900.org/contact
* IRC: #neo900 (Freenode)

# Status of the project:

* v0 and v1 prorotypes. V1 was about testing modem and some mechanics. - DONE
* v2 prototype for LOWER board (1 out of 2 boards) - [CURRENT]:

    * Schematics - DONE
    * Layout - [CURRENT] 
    [more details and tech issues/planning](https://notabug.org/Houkime/Neo900-Issues)
    
    * Testing - DREAMS

* v3 prototype (both UPPER and LOWER boards) - PINK DREAMS
* Production and shipping - WET PINK DREAMS

# WORK

## v2 pcb layout

### HOW TO DO:

* Forget fear
* ask Joerg-Neo900 or houkime in #neo900 (freenode IRC)
* get your hands on copy of the layout (Joerg is afraid of "chinese copycats" so it is an individual application)
* start your own branch
* Try to do sth with this mess and learn sth while doing.
* No valid result obtained IS TOTALLY OK.
* [quick video tour on neo900 pcb](https://peertube.social/videos/watch/78a478af-355a-4191-802a-7b11f40bf141)

## System administration

### HOW TO DO:

* Forget fear
* Ask Joerg-Neo900 or atk in #neo900 (freenode IRC)
* Help out.

### Focus:

* make collaboration on the project easier

### Might involve:

* Getting to know very old stuff in order to get rid of it.
* Getting insulted by people not willing to know GIT (Joerg).

### Must involve:

* you eventually becoming omnipotent master of GIT.

### Example (from Joerg):

* create/install a wikiwiki on neo900.org servers for a better community-driven todo and specs page etc

### Other Example (very anticipated):

* Assess the currently used by neo900 gitsystems and make the contribution process more friendly and/or clear for random people out there. NOT JUST FOR HARDCORE PEOPLE. For examples of relatively friendly approaches, see SparkFun.
* Neo900 is a potentially nice project for people to learn mobile development, so under no circumstances those should be driven away.
* Probably adding a support for fork+pr contribution flow will help.

## Social (can be mixed with others)

### HOW TO DO:

* forget fear (no, really)
* ask Joerg-Neo900 in #neo900 (freenode IRC)
* Annoy other project people with questions and start discussions.
* Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, blogs, forums whatever you like.
* Challenge:Make Joerg write a post on Git hatred and gather 100k likes under it.

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